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Epistominella

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	8360382	https://www.gbif.org/species/8360382
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	1395	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=1395

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Chromista : Foraminifera : Globothalamea : Rotaliida : Pseudoparrellidae : Epistominella

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Foraminifera : Discorbidae : Epistominella

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Rhizaria
phylum	Retaria	Cavalier-Smith 1999
phylum	Foraminifera
suborder	Rotaliina	Delage and Herouard 1896
superfamily	Discorbacea	Ehrenberg 1838
family	Discorbidae	Ehrenberg 1838
genus	Epistominella	Husezima & Maruhasi 1944

Scientific Name

Epistominella Husezima & Maruhasi, 1944

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Epistominella	genus	belongs to Discorbidae	stated without evidence	Gibson, 1983
Epistominella	genus	belongs to Foraminiferida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

1 (50%)

First Recorded Appearance

99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Environment

outer shelf,marine (based on Rotaliina)

Motility

stationary (based on Rotaliina)

Diet

omnivore (based on Foraminifera)

Taphonomy

low Mg calcite (based on Rotaliina)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)
Epistominella afueraensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Epistominella alata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Epistominella amakusaensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Epistominella arctica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Epistominella bathyalis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Epistominella bubnanensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Epistominella carinata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Epistominella cassidulinoides species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Epistominella discorbisoides species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Epistominella dubia species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Epistominella elegans species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Epistominella exigua species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Epistominella gerdae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Epistominella ghorabi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Epistominella guptaae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Epistominella hokkaidoensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Epistominella impexa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Epistominella implana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Epistominella iota species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Epistominella kuwanoi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Epistominella limbatiformis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Epistominella macgowrani species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Epistominella minima species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Epistominella naraensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Epistominella nova species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Epistominella obesa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Epistominella oveyi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Epistominella pseudosmithi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Epistominella pulchella species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Epistominella pungoensis species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Epistominella raoi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Epistominella sandiegoensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Epistominella savenae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Epistominella shauni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Epistominella shimanensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Epistominella smithi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Epistominella subglobosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Epistominella suttsuensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Epistominella tamana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Epistominella trinacria species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Epistominella troptunensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Epistominella utriana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Epistominella vinjhanensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1944	Epistominella Husezima and Maruhasi
1983	Epistominella Gibson p. 368
2002	Epistominella Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Gibson T. G. (1983) Key foraminifera from upper Oligocene to lower Pleistocene strata of the central Atlantic coastal plain, Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 53, 355-453

Aphia2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

CoL2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000/J.J. Lee et al., 2000 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Nov 2016). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Gross, O. (2001). Foraminifera, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 60-75 - via World Register of Marine Species

Loeblich, A. R.; Tappan, H. (1987). Foraminiferal Genera and their Classification. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, New York. 970pp. - via World Register of Marine Species

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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